Express CRN India – July 2019

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Alibaba

and customers' ecosystems, were
among the two big announcement by
the Alibaba Cloud Intelligence
international team.

In Asia, for Asia
Alibaba Cloud has the largest
infrastructure footprint in the Asia
Pacific region, with 15 availability
zones outside mainland China,
covering Hong Kong, Singapore,
Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, India,
and Japan markets. It is also the only
global cloud provider with local data
centres in Indonesia and Malaysia, as
well as launching the first cloud-based
Anti-DDoS Scrubbing Center in
Malaysia last year, as an additional
layer of protection for customers.
Lately, Alibaba Cloud has been ranked
by Gartner as the top cloud service
provider in Asia, in 2018.
Starting its journey from Singapore,
Alibaba Cloud launched a landmark
China Gateway Program with eight
local partners. The program leverages
the accumulated technological
knowledge and experience of Alibaba
Cloud, which has powered Alibaba
Group’s growth into a world-leading
the company, to help local businesses
capture and capitalise on growth
opportunities in Asia and China.
Through the local partners in Singapore
and around the region, Alibaba Cloud
will provide firms of all sizes with an in-
depth immersion program on doing
business in China, connecting them to
Chinese companies and consumers via
the Alibaba ecosystem.
In her first public appearance, Selina
Yuan, President of Alibaba Cloud
Intelligence for International said, “We
are fulfilling Jack Ma's mission to make
business easier everywhere. Alibaba
Cloud has been paving the way for a
digital era across Asia Pacific by
building cloud infrastructure. Together
with our partners, we are confident of
helping local businesses of all sizes and
from all backgrounds to grow in the
region. We will be collaborating with
local partners and leverage the digital
transformation and smart cities
initiatives.”
Alibaba Cloud continues to
empower its partners to thrive in the

ecosystem by better capturing and

capitalising on growth opportunities in

Asia Pacific. Selina highlighted that

there are 700 enterprises, including

SMEs, who will have the benefits from

this year. “We will have more customers

and SMEs to extend their business in

China market,” she stated.

SaaS Accelerator for local partners

SaaS Accelerator is a platform where

technology partners can easily build

and launch SaaS applications and

leverage proven business and

technology know-how in the Alibaba

economy. The accelerator helps SaaS

providers quickly deploy and test their

applications on the cloud, shorten the

implementation lifecycle, and

accelerate time-to-market. It enables

ecosystem partners, such as

enterprises in the e-commerce,

lodging, and travel industries, to

quickly reach their customers on

Alibaba platforms. It also defines three

centres for the SaaS ecosystem: the

commercial centre, the capability

centre, and the technology centre.

Selina Yuan, President of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International

Yudi Hamka, CTO, MNC Group